Ludlow Food Spring Festival serves up a treat for visitors

The three-day Ludlow Food Spring Festival, which came to a close yesterday, was held in Ludlow Castle and around the town

On hand for visitors were Suree Coates, from the multi-award winning King and Thai restaurant, world cheese awards founder Juliet Harbutt, and TV chef and Brompton Cookery School owner Marcus Bean.

Spokesman Jo Gadsby said talks and demonstrations in the Inner Bailey of Ludlow Castle were a roaring success as usual.

Ms Gadsby said: "There was also a plethora of hands-on workshops, including baking, Indian cuisine, cheese and cider matching, pottery classes and kids cookery."

Jazz, blues, Latin and folk was played throughout alongside The Marches Transport Festival marking 30 years of the Marches Transport .

Visitors were able to see everything from war gems through to classics of the 1970s and 1980s

A rare Swallow Doretti was also on display as the club celebrated its 60th anniversary at the festival.

Pate and pudding trails were also staged while Ludlow Brewery ran tours throughout the weekend.

The festival started off with a Meet the Brewers event on Friday night. There was live music from The Hip Joints and the evening featured 190 ales from more than 50 brewers. Ciders, perries, fruit flavoured liqueurs and local wines were also available to sample.

Beth Heath, one of the organisers, said: "It was phenomenally successful. We had thousands of visitors over the weekend and it has to go down as the best spring festival to date.

"Things were really popping in the beer tent on Saturday night with 220 ales on offer and we sold out of 86, so had to hastily re-stock for yesterday.

"We took over the marketplace with displays of vintage vehicles with 180 cars, including 14 amazing Rolls Royces and old motorbikes."